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‘Overworked and underpaid': Entire staff quits at Wisconsin Dollar General store
Shoppers were greeted with a surprising notice when they arrived at a Wisconsin Dollar General store last week, the location was closed because they entire staff had quit at the same time.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison condemns neo-Nazi march in the city
The University of Wisconsin-Madison condemned a neo-Nazi march that took place in the state’s capital city Saturday.
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Jury convicts Wisconsin woman of fatally poisoning her friend's water with eye drops
A jury has convicted a Wisconsin woman of fatally poisoning her beautician friend’s water with eye drops five years ago.
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Great Scott! How a DeLorean with 977 miles was found in a Wisconsin barn
What seemed like a scene out of “Back to the Future” recently became a reality in Wisconsin when a DeLorean that has hardly been driven was discovered.
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A man seeking Wisconsin's governor illegally brought guns into the state Capitol — twice in one day
Police say a man brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol and demanded to see Gov. Tony Evers and returned at night with an assault rifle.
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Wisconsin woman sentenced to life in prison for killing and dismembering ex-boyfriend
A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
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Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the state
Five flamingos showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach in a historic visit to the state.
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Wild flamingos in Wisconsin? Bird lovers flock to see the sight for the first time
Wisconsin is the land of dairy cows, and certainly badgers, but what about flamingos? Multiple flamingos were spotted at a beach along Lake Michigan on Friday, something that has never happened in Wisconsin, according to a report from WTMJ, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee. The long-legged birds were seen at South Beach in Port Washington, about 27 miles north of…
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Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting.
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2 buses collide at intersection
A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.
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Pier collapse during University of Wisconsin-Madison Labor Day party leaves dozens injured
Video shot from Lake Mendota’s shoreline shows that a part of the metal pier just east of the Union Terrace stage on the Madison campus collapsed Monday afternoon, sending some people falling into the water.
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Ship that sank in 1881 is found nearly intact with crew's possessions in Lake Michigan
“The wreck is among the best-preserved shipwrecks in Wisconsin waters with her deck-house still intact, containing the crew’s possessions and her anchors and deck gear still present,” maritime historians said.
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FBI updates photo of ‘Wisconsin's state ghost,' a bomber wanted for 53 years
More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that killed a researcher, the FBI has released age-processed photographs of a suspect who has evaded law enforcement for more than half a century and been referred to as “Wisconsin’s state ghost.”
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Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama's tax proposals during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49
The man who became known as “Joe the Plumber” during the 2008 U.S. presidential election has died.
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GOP presidential debate puts spotlight on Wisconsin, one of the few remaining swing states
When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them, but also on Wisconsin’s role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.
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Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee's. The actual suspects were in the bathroom
A video appears to show an officer punching the man, after taking a baby from his arms. The officer mistakenly believed the man had been involved in a hit-and-run crash.
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Four dead, two hurt in pair of crashes near Wisconsin air show, authorities say
Two people were killed and two others injured Saturday in a midair collision at an airport in Wisconsin.
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Senators rebuke Wisconsin congressman who yelled vulgarities at high school-age pages
A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin yelled and cursed at high school-aged pages for the U.S. Senate during a late night tour of the Capitol, action that elicited a bipartisan rebuke from Senate leaders.
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School board fires teacher who criticized decision to ban a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus
“Today I was fired for tweeting that first graders couldn’t sing Rainbowland,” Wisconsin first grade teacher Melissa Tempel tweeted.
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Roller coaster riders stuck upside down for 3 hours at Wisconsin fair
Riders on a roller coaster at a festival in Crandon, Wisconsin, were stuck for nearly three hours before they were rescued safely from the ride.